Justin Fairfax denies the allegation and says ‘a vicious and coordinated smear campaign is being orchestrated against me’
A second woman has come forward to accuse the Virginia lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, of sexual assault, plunging the state’s politics into further chaos and capping a week of sudden turmoil.
The Virginia state government has now seen all three of its top statewide elected leaders facing scandal. Both Governor Ralph Northam and the state attorney general, Mark Herring, have admitted to wearing blackface while Fairfax now faces two allegations of sexual assault.
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